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“You got him kicked out btw”
For saying that he wore Israeli Flag cuff-links?
Ok, so everyone knows that homosexuality is a ?????. But as the Chayei Adam points out in the Hakdama Kolleles, the Torah only says that homosexuality is a ?????, not that a homosexual is a ????? and the same by every aveirah which is a ?????. Except by ga’avah where the Torah says ????? ?’ ?? ??? ??, meaning that ga’avah is so bad that the actual person is a ?????. So would people make as big of a deal if a candidate supported ga’avah?
I quoted the source for that idea in http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/seminary-vs-sherut-leumi/page/2#post-537600
Meiheicha teisi he was talking about habitual nail biting?
He wasn’t. He was saying that anything which is assur to do on Shabbos, if you do it during the week and acknowledge that it’s assur to do on Shabbos then you get a mitzvah.
Why do I bite my nails? I REALLY don’t know!
I once posted an answer to this question on a different thread, but it didn’t get approved. I assume it was because of a certain word, so I’ll change that word and see if it gets through:
According to Freud’s theory of personality development, a fixation on nail biting can be a maladaptive practice developed because of a failure to properly negotiate the Oral Stage.
Because it’s saying that if you bite your nails during the week and say “this is assur to do on shabbos” you are mekayeim shabbos by doing so. As opposed to the Chazon Ish who said that you’re mechalel shabbos by doing so.
Syag, I’ve heard that the Chazon Ish once saw someone biting his nails during the week and said it’s chillul Shabbos (because will do it out of habit on Shabbos).
I posted the exact opposite in a different thread:
??????? ??? ??? ?:
????? ????? ?????? ????? ???? ???? ??? ????? ????? ???? ????? ???? ????? ?? ?? ????? ???? ?? ??? ??????? ????? ?????? ?? ?? ?????? ?? ???? ??? ???? ????? ?? ??? ?? ??? ????? ???? ???? ??? ?? ???? ?? ??? ????
Maybe there’s a difference if doing it during the week will mamesh cause you to do it on Shabbos.
You didn’t quote my response there:
“You then claim that a seminary girl in an online forum does not write with this level of a precision of language. Even if were to agree with that (which I certainly don’t)…”
Wow, you have a lot of chavrusas. If you are going to do Chovos Halevavos with one chavrusa and Chorev with another chavrusa, and one is a teacher and the other is a fellow student, I would recommend doing Chovos Halevavos with the teacher. Although it seems from what you wrote that you already are doing something else with the other chavrusa and Chorev and Chovos Halevavos would be vying for the chavrusa with this teacher. But to reiterate about Chorev, you don’t have to finish the whole thing or even half of it. Think of each piece as a separate sefer.
By the way it would be pretty funny if one of the people giving suggestions here was actually your teacher.
Oh, and I’m going to add uighwisarogh;oaerhg to my lexicon. It’s definitely more intelligible than ontic dualism. Speaking of which, Microsoft Word apparently never took any philosophy classes because it doesn’t know the word ontic. Actually, it’s the Coffee Room spell checker that doesn’t know ontic; Microsoft Word recognized the word but couldn’t think of any synonyms for it. But I’m not surprised – as I discovered last week, Microsoft Word doesn’t think that hacceity is a word.
Good call by me, then:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/dating-girl-tzniyis-issue#post-543101
Lamud Vov Tzadik:
You were already in the last one.
Bp Yidd:
Vayoel Moshe was in the story. Not Viyoel Moishe. Unless you’re saying that they are the same person.
Interesting. I was thinking of recommending Chorev. I don’t think its massiveness will be a problem, because each mitzvah is an individual self contained piece which has nothing to do with any of the others. Not only that, you don’t have to follow any order; you can pick whichever ones interest you the most. And I think 25 minutes is enough time to get through one of them – some of the shorter ones might even allow for multiple pieces per session. Also, if your considering something like Chorev, you can also consider something like Sefer Hachinuch or even the Rambam’s Sefer Hamitzvos, but I think Chorev would be the best of those for the intellectual stimulation you are looking for.
If you are considering Shemoneh Perakim, I would point out that it is not particularly long, so depending on your pace, you might well finish it in a couple of months, which if you are planning to have this chavrusa for the duration of the year would cause you to have to come up up with another idea in the middle of the year. Then again, if you do choose Shemoneh Perakim, and you are also doing Pirkei Avos with the Bartenura, if you finish Shemoneh Perakim worst comes to worst you can just segue into Pirkei Avos with the Rambam’s commentary. (Though I don’t know if you would want to be concurrently learning two different parts of Pirkei Avos, with different commentaries.)
(I was also going to suggest something in Tanach, but I assumed you wouldn’t want that. Bad assumption. I would have suggested something like Iyov which can be very intellectual especially in the discussion of why good things happen to bad people. But something like that probably wouldn’t work so well in a 25 minutes a week setup and it sounds like Navi was nixed anyway {although technically it’s not Navi}.)
Regarding mussar seforim, there is a broad spectrum. For example, something like Orchos Tzadikim, you would probably consider “fluffy”, Mesilas Yesharim (which you have already learned) and Ohr Yisrael probably less so, and something like Chovos Halevavos can be pretty intellectual, perhaps even bordering on philosophical.
Keep in mind ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ??? ???? ???.
I don’t get it.
I forgot to cite my quote from the Rambam. It’s from Shemoneh Perakim chapter 4. (And no, that’s not why I recommended it in the other thread.)
Is that a response to the story, or to the quote which I provided?
There is plenty of discussion in Taharos about ohel inside an ohel or house and I have yet to see anyone say anything against making one. If there is such an issue, it’s probably kaballah. R’ Shlomo Aviner was asked about it and he said that it’s a superstition:
“Opening Umbrella Inside
Q: Is it unlucky to open an umbrella inside
A: Superstition. (but not to be done on Shabbat, as an umbrella is Muktzeh)”
What were Harry and Ron thinking when they decided to fly the car to school? Obviously if the train already left, Mr. and Mrs. Weasely would be imminently coming back and would figure something out. Did Ron and Harry really think that the Weasely’s would be stuck behind the barrier? Worst comes to worse they could have apparated out. (While Harry might not yet have known about apparition, Ron certainly did.)
Igros Moshe Yoreh Deiah 3:88:
?? ???? ????? ?? ???? ??????? ?????, ????? ?????? ??”? ?”? ???? ???”? ????? ???.
???? ??? ?? ???? ??? ????? ????? ???? ??? ??? ????? ???? ???? ???? ????? ???? ???? ??? ????? ????? ??? ??”? ?? ???? ??? ??? ??? ?????? ??? ????? ??? ??????? ????? ??”? ???????? ?????? ?? ??????? ???? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ????? ??? ??”? ??? ????? ?”? ?????? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ?”? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ?????? ?”? ?”? ?? ?????? ??”? ??”? ????? ??????? ?????? ??? ?? ????????? ???? ???? ??????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ???? ??? ??’ ????? (????? ?”? ?”?) ??????? ????? ???? ???????? ?? ??? ???? ????? ?? ???? ?”? ??? ???? ???? ????? ????? ??????? ?”? ??? ????? ??? ??? ???? ????? ??? ????? ?? ?? ?? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ??? ?? ?? ?? ??????? ???? ?????? ????? ??”? ??? ?? ?”? ???? ??? ???????? ?”? ??”? ???”? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ??? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ???? ????? ??? ?? ?????? ????? ??”? ???????? ??? ??? ??? ????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ??? ???? ????? ???? ????? ??? ????
???’ ???”? ???? ?? ??? ????? ????? ???????? ??? ?? ??? ???
?????? ????? ???? ??? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ??? ??”? ?”? ??”? ???? ???? ??????? ??????? ?? ????? ???????? ?? ??????? ?????
??? ????? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ??? ???? ????? ????? ???? ??? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ???? ?? ???? ????? ??????. ????? ??????, ??? ?????????
Also, I think it would depend on how long and how often these learning sessions will be. For example if it’s only a half hour once a week, you wouldn’t want to do something where in the allotted time you barely get anywhere and by the time the next session comes around you have to review what you did the previous session, and you never really get anywhere. In such a situation you would want something that is self-contained where you can do one piece each time like the Pele Yoetz (which you could actually probably do five pieces each time, but I think that the Pele Yoetz is not at all what you’re looking for). But if the sessions are every day or they are significantly long then you wouldn’t really have any limitations in this particular area.
Do you want something more philosophical, such as Emunah V’deios, Moreh Nevuchim, Chovos Halevavos, etc.? Do you want something from the Rishonim, or from a more recent thinker? Do you want Mussar? Hashkafa? Machshava? Halacha? Lomdus?
Just wondering…
Vayoel Moshe showed up for about two days and then disappeared and then Viyoel Moishe showed up. Any connection?
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The Rambam actually makes the same point as R’ Chaim. He was discussing how one should not go to either extreme but always take the middle path, and then he mentions that some people would go to extremes but ?? ??? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ?????? ?????? ???? ?????? ?? ?? ???? ??? ??? ?????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ????? ????? ???????? ?????? ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ??? ??
And then he says that fools would copy them and gives a mashal to explain why that is foolish:
???? ???? ??? ??? ??? ?????? ?????? ???? ??????? ?? ??????? ?????? ????? ????? ???? ???? ?????? ??????? ??? ????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ????? ???? ???? ???? ?? ???? ?????? ??????? ?? ????? ?? ??? ??????? ????? ?? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??? ?? ??? ???? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ???????
I.e. what is good for the sick is not good for the healthy.
I’m not saying that the Rambam would agree to R’ Chaim about mussar (though I’m also not saying that he would disagree). I’m just pointing out that he used the same analogy.
Opting for the semantical route, are we? How do you know that I don’t have part of the soul of a parselmouth in me?
Shemoneh Perakim
edited name, not sure whose – 29
On page three, Yekke2 mentioned a Harry Potter FanFiction written by Eliezer Yudkowsky. I jokingly referred to him as Yekke2’s friend; I highly doubt they know each other. In Yudkowski’s story, Harry is in Ravenclaw. I apologize for the confusion, and I am glad to see that you are on your toes in protecting against identity revelation.
Figured as much. I had actually skimmed through but didn’t see it. I happen to know Eliezer but didn’t know about that book. Sounds interesting. – 29
Ok, I really do believe in Hashem.
Because you are so obviously a Ravenclaw! Poppa (resident Slytherin) might be a Parselmouth, but PAA?
Interesting. I might be the first non-Slytherin to go bad. But given the choice, I probably would want to be in Ravenclaw. Keep in mind though that Harry was a Gryffindor and a Parselmouth
edited name, not sure whose – 29